OSSINING, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say an 8-year-old boy somehow became trapped inside a mattress cover and suffocated.
Reporter Catherine Cioffi is covering this story.
Deveion Ferguson of Ossining was found inside the mattress cover by his grandmother, who frantically cut it open, tried to revive him and then called for help.
Police say the boy had been diagnosed with asthma, and the cover was the kind meant to keep out allergens [LoHud]. It was inside out and the zipper was apparently stuck closed.
The boy had been playing in his bedroom alone and his grandmother checked on him after noticing he'd been quiet. He was pronounced dead on Tuesday night at Westchester Medical Center.
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